Heel construction



HEEL CONSTRUCTION March 13, 1951 Filed Sept. 20, 1948 f www Patented Mar 13, 1951 HEEL CONSTRUCTION Samuel L. Dratler, Cleveland, Ohio 1 Claim.

I 'My'prsent inventiohfupertains to the art of ladies shoes of theh'igh'heeled type, and involves primarilyfnovel construction. of heel of composite formation.

The prilma-ry objectofimy invention has been to design afheel ``f'th"class mentioned which comprises especiallya hollow plastic or equivalent hard substance l'o'o" iy""s`v thatthe 'exposed side portionofthe-hl willbe highly resistant to scuiing and marring, said body being used in conjunctionpwithgaillerbody of wood, or not, as maybe preferred, andl there being provided novel 'meansfor attachingthe'lift commonly used in {these heels to the body. j :fj

"My invention' involves other details of constructiono'f't theheel assembly; an understanding of which will behad uponafreference to the following detail-led description, conjunction with the accompanying drawings In tl'iea'iine'xe'ddraw gez' Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of a ladies shoe, the heel portion of which embodies my present invention, and is illustrated in sectional manner to bring out the details of this construction.

Figure 2 is a View of the hollow body of the heel alone, looking down thereon as when detached from the shoe.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the wooden or equivalent filler body which may be used in con-. nection with the hollow body of the heel, alone.

Figure 4 is a view similar` to Figure l but showing a modification of the invention in which the wood or equivalent filler body is dispensed with,

Referring to the drawings accompanying my application, the construction of the form of my invention shown in Figures 1 to 3 is specifically described as follows:

As seen in Figure 1, the body of the shoe is designated generally as A and this shoe is of the ordinary type used by ladies with respect to the general mode of making the same, `with construction is of the high heel type, generally socalled, and the novel heel of my present invention includes primarily the hollow body I, preferably made of plastic, and having the general con formation and sectional external area of the ordinary high heel employed in shoes of the class described and which usually comprises a wooden body covered by a leather covering, or sometimes employed without such covering.

The hollow body I of my heel tapers generally toward the lower end thereof and is preferably made of plastic material of hard nature suitably Application september 20,1948, serialNo. 50,210

' molded so that the body I is open at its top portion Where the edges thereof engage the bottom of the shoe A at the heel end of the shoe. The hollow portion of the body I extends downwardly substantially the entire length of the body and is closed at the lower end by the bottom section 2 which is formed, however, with a downwardly extending edge flange 3 projecting from the plane of the bottom portion 2 a short distance relatively to the whole vertical dimension of the body I.V The formation of the flange 3 provides a shallow recess at the lower end of the body I, surrounded by the said flange 3.

In the construction of my invention shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, I contemplate providing a solid filler .body 4 which may be made of wood or equivalent material and which is received in the hollow portion of the member l and is formed in contour to fit snugly within this said portion of the part I.

Projecting centrally upward from the bottom member 2 of the body I a distance of about twothirds the extent from said bottom member 2 to the top of the member I is a tubular extension 5, the bore 6 of which is screw threaded, and said the exception of the heel construction. The heel N bore extends entirely through the extension 5 and through the bottom member 2 referred to. The extension 5 is preferably integrally molded or formed with the plastic body I in the manufacture thereof. For attaching the ller body 4 within the hollow bodyl of the heel I provide a screw I which passes downwardly from the top of the filler body 4 through a suitable opening in the latter and engages the screw threaded bore 6 of the extension 5 near the upper portion of said bore` The recess' at the bottom of the member I provided by the flange 3 extending in line with the periphery of the heel as previously referred to, is designed to receive the upper reduced portion of a lift 8 which may be made of rubber, leather, or any suitable cushion material. The lift 8 is attached to the bottom member 2 and flange portion 3 of the body I by means of a screw which passes through a central opening in the lift and has its screw threads interengaged with the threaded central bore or opening B of the extension 5 previously referred to.

It will be apparent that a heel of the construction above described may be assembled quite readily by emplacing the ller body 4 in the hollow body I, connecting the parts li and I by the screw 1, and by emplacing the lift 8 in the recess surrounded by the flange 3 and connecting said lift to the bottom and flange portion of the member I by means of the screw 9. Under these conditions a heel unit is provided which is adapted to be attached to the base of the shoe at the heel portion thereof by means of the nails ill as seen in Figure 1, according to regular practice.

The renewal of the lift 8 is a very simple operation, merely involving the removal of the screw 9, replacement of the lift with a fresh one, and the replacement of the screw 9.

By reason of the formation of the hollow body I, the objectionable scuing or marring of the heel is resisted to a maximum extent, as oompared with the sculng oi ordinary leather covered heels.

In Figure 4 I have illustrated a modication of my invention in which the iiller body 4 previously described with regard `to the construction of Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, is dispensed with. In Figure 4 the heel is comprised of the main hollow b ody I I, the bottom portionof which is of greater thickness than that of the member I shown in Figure l, but is equipped with the bottom flange I2 in a somewhat Ysimilar Ymanner to the construction first described. The lift I3 is mounted on the lower or bottom portion of the body l I and screws or like fastenings Ill are employed to attach the heel portion of the .shoe body to the upper ends of the heel body I I. In this construetion the lift I3 is held from displacement ,from the lower portion of the heel body Il in much the same way as in the construction of ,Figure 1 except in Figure 4 there is employed a screw I5 passing through the center of the lift I3 and entering a threaded recess in thebody I l.

The lift .8 and lift .I3 of my heel constructions have their peripheral portions extended to underlie .the anges 3 and I2, respectively, as seen in Figures 1 and 4, respectively.

The threads of screws I4 enter and 'interengage the .threads of threaded openings I6 in the 'heel gli) body I I for attaching the latter to the shoe' body.

Having thus describedmy inventimwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is: n

In a shoe heel, in combination, a hollow body open at its upper end and havingia closing bottom portion at its lower end, said `bottom portion having a tubular integral extension projecting up therefrom within theihollow body portion, the said tubular extension .having .1an nteriorly threaded bore, a ller body disposed .in said hollow body and having a recess to receive said extensions and having its upper surface flush with the top walls of said hollow bodyfsaid bottom portion having a downwardly 'eXtending edge ilange forming a recess on its under side, a lift seated on said bottom and in saidfreess, a fastener attaching the lift to the center portion of the bottom portion and having threads to engage .the threaded .bore `of `saidftubular extension, vand a fastener attaching `the ller body to the hollow body and having threads tointerengage the threaded "bore of Ithe-.tubular extension.

DRATLER.

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